Improvement in shields for scarfs



C. E. FOSTER. Shield for Soarfs.

No. 221,915. Patented Nov. 25,1879.

PETERS. PKoTo-LlTHoGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

CHARLES E. FOSTER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TOFISK, CLARK & FLAGG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN `SHIELDS FOR SCARFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,915, dated November'25, 1879 application led September 24, 1879.

To all 'whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. Fo'sTER, of Washington, District ofColumbia, have invented an Improvement in Shields for Scarfs,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a shield for scarfs, constructed as fully describedhereinafter, so as to maintain the projecting sides of the scarf inclose contact with the shirt.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, Figure l is aperspective view of my improved shield; Fig. 2, an edge View, showingthe curved form of the shield; and Fig. 3, a view illustrating the inodeof manufacture.

As is well known, the projecting sides of scarfs, as ordinarily made,are apt to curl or bend outward, presenting an unsightly appearance.This results from the use of small shields, or, when the latter arewide, from the fact that they are flat or of soft metal, pasteboard, orinelastic material;

To obviate these objections I construct a shield, A, adapted to thewidth of the scarf, and of elastic material, and with 'ends a, a curvedinward. To this shield the scarf is applied in any suitable manner.

The elastic ends a a, will tend to maintain the projecting sides of thescarf in close con tact with the shirt-bosom, and to restorel them toposition should they by accident be bent outward.

The improved shield may be made of varions materials. I prefer, however,veneer or paper, which, after being cut in suitable shapes,

is molded under heat and pressure to the proper curved or rounded form.y

An economical mode of manufacture is to cut a strip, X, of veneer orpaper into sections, as shown in Fig. 3, the projecting portion of onesection being that portion of the strip between similar `portions of theadjacent sections, thus avoiding any material waste. The sections arethen subjected to pressure bctween heated dies, which `mold and set themto the required sh ape, and, when paper is used, the action ofthe heatand pressure imparts much stiffness and elasticity.

To prevent the shield, it' made of paper, from being softened bymoisture, it should be coated on one or both sides with shella-c orother water-proof varnish.

I do not claim a shield extending across the i width of a scarf, as thisis not my invention; but

I claim- A spring-shield for scarfs,of material substantially asdescribed, adapted to extend the width of the scarf to the top edge, andprovided with inwardly-curved elastic ends a a, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in thepresence of' two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

E. J. SWEET, WILLIAM PAXToN.

